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If you're blond, as I am, and you have blond lashes, you have to wear mascara, otherwise you're invisible on stage.

Michael Caine

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Michael Caine
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
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Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.
Sir Michael Caine
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